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Change Forum Agenda

The 15-minute protocol for deciding on scope changes.

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Purpose: Keep forums short, decisive, and humane. Prepare changes for structured decision-making.

🎭Tone:Facilitated, not democratic. Governed by the AI Delta Engine.

The Change Forum Protocol

In the Governance OS, the Change Forum is not just a meeting. It is triggered systemically when a user edits a Live project, clicking ⚖️ Review Changes.

The 15-Minute Agenda

  • 1. Context (2 min): Why are we breaking the freeze?
  • 2. The AI Audit (3 min): Review the Red Violation Modal. What exactly changed in the Budget, FTE, or Scope?
  • 3. Trade-offs (5 min): Apply the Zero-Sum Rule. If we add X, what is dropped or delayed?
  • 4. Decision (3 min): Accept, Reject, or Defer.
  • 5. Sign-Off (2 min): Void existing signatures and physically re-sign the new baseline in the OS.
Hard Rule
No decision = no change. If the quorum cannot reach a consensus in 15 minutes, the baseline remains locked. The burden of proof is on the change requestor, not the defenders of the scope.